posted April 16, 2017 at
07:15 pm by Alena Mae S. Flores
Grid operator National
Grid Corp. of the Philippines said it is extending assistance to power plants
affected by the earthquakes on April 8 to fast-track their restoration and
allow power delivery to the Luzon grid.
National Grid said in a
statement it would provide support to First NatGas, which operates the
414-megawatt San Gabriel combined-cycle power plant in Batangas.
The company reported
damage on its equipment in San Lorenzo Units 50 and 60, San Gabriel Unit 70,
Avion Switchyard and Sta. Rita Switchyard as a result of the earthquake.
Among the affected
high-voltage components are circuit breakers, disconnect switches and current
and combined current/voltage transformers.
“NGCP will be looking
to provide any on-hand equipment as needed by San Gabriel CCPP. NGCP is also
ready to extend all forms of assistance to other generation companies in order
to speed up the restoration, energization, and eventual synchronization of
their power plants back to the Luzon grid,” National Grid said.
The Luzon grid
experienced yellow and red alerts due to the forced outage of
earthquake-affected power plants due to insufficient operating power.
“NGCP’s facilities within the vicinity of Batangas are all stable and
ready to transmit power. The assistance to the generation companies will expedite
the normalization of the power situation,” the company said.
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